Greater coverage must be given to human rights concerns around the world, a report designed to coincide with Rio 2016 One Year To Go celebrations has proclaimed.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has become the latest organisation to hit out at the recent doping allegations to plague the sport, claiming “immense damage” has been caused to their athletes and that they are “disturbed” a lot of them are aimed at Kenyan athletes.
Problems with the planned athletics venue look set to force major changes to the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, insidethegames understands.
A "Rio 2016 Be the Inspiration campaign" has been launched by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) to coincide with One Year To Go celebrations until the Olympic Games.
Speedo have been announced as the exclusive swimwear and swim equipment supplier to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup series until 2019.
Iranian Elaheh Ahmadi claimed her maiden International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup title in Gabala, Azerbaijan, clinching gold in the women’s 10 metres air pistol event to secure a Rio 2016 Olympic Games quota spot for her country.
Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri secured her spot in the second round of the women’s singles competition at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships with an emotional win over Germany’s Karin Schnaase on the opening day of the event in Jakarta.
Cuba’s Omara Duran recorded the fastest 100 metres time ever by a female Para-athlete on the first day of athletics at the Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Wales maintained their 100 per cent record at the Netball World Cup as they edged a hard-fought contest with Uganda 49-47 to ensure they finished top of Pool D at the Allphones Arena on the Olympic Park in Sydney.
The Netherlands’ Roy Korving continued his run at the EUBC European Confederation Continental Championships in Samokov, enjoying another impressive victory in the men’s under 91 kilogram heavyweight competition.
China’s Li Qian avenged her defeat in the middleweight final of last year's Asian Games in Incheon by claiming victory over Jang Un Hui of North Korea to reach the last four of the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Continental Championships in Wulanchabu, China.
Britain have announced a team of nine for the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships, due to be held from August 24 until 29 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Great Britain’s Francesca Pivaro claimed the first gold medal of the 2015 Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) World Games in Nottingham, beating compatriot Samantha Carrington to top honours in the women’s Para-taekwondo P34 event.
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) have announced the appointment of Anna Scott-Marshall as director of corporate relations ahead of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year.
London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel has said he is “very concerned” by the latest doping allegations published by the Sunday Times, which claims seven London winners in a 12-year period recorded suspicious blood scores, and he criticised the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) “failure to take effective action”.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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